Weaponizing EU State Aid Law to Impact the Future of EU Investment Policy in the Global Context

Dr Pamela Finckenberg-Broman is an Adjunct Member of Griffith University’ LFC. She has a background as an international businesswoman with a passion for international economic law and EU law and enjoys interdisciplinary research. In the area of law and technology she is co-creator and co-author in the RAiLE© research project, studying legal disruption caused by semiautonomous/autonomous AI’s combined with robotic embodiments.

• Introduction.- The parallel development of FDI and competition policy.- The EU state aid regime.-The breaking point: The Micula Award.- New centre of gravity.- Proving the point – the point proved.- Extra-EU BITS: Adjusting to a new reality or being phased out.- Summary, analysis and conclusions: The effect of EU state aid law on EU investment policy.